Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Spoon (Norway), 1804

  Round bowl engraved with zig-zag border enclosing fourteen petalled blossom in gilt. Short stem applied with ropetwist segment topped by bosse below squared and trellis pierced terminal fitted with silver…

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  Beaker (Sweden), 1760

  Tall flaring body with punched lambrequin motif above engraved shell and scroll band and initials E.H.S. Wavy relief band at top and bottom. Flaring gadrooned foot, with traces of gilding.…

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  Beaker (Sweden), ca. 1946

  Straight, flaring body on flaring foot. Royal blue tone on edge and inside bottom, fading out toward middle. Encased decoration of gray semicircles, bell flowers and dots.

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  Beaker (Peru), 400–600

  Concave, flaring sides, and flat bottom. Body covered in white slip and painted with large face of snake with bat headdress, and horizontally displayed body with spiny, curling tail.

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  Beaker, ca. 1700–25

  Four Continents

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Sample of white cotton with an unfinished embroidery design in multi-colored silks and wool of a large paisley motif with a floral border. Paisley motif has a central rosette in…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of cream-colored rayon embroidered in red silk and beads in a pattern of two crossing bands and a center medallion.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of black rayon embroidered in colored silk threads and beads in a solid pattern of long, curling leaves.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Dark rayon velvet appliquéd with a cream-colored silk in a curvilinear shape. Silk design is embroidered and embellished with multi-colored beads in floral and scrolling forms.

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  Beaker (USA), ca. 1910

  Straight beaker, rounded at bottom. On sides, tooled irregular nubs. Greenish-hold iridescence.